Sunday, March 21, 2010

In The Moment

In case anyone wondered if I had fallen into some old well that was hidden in my path and was patiently awaiting rescue, without my computer, or means of communicating with you to explain why I haven't posted in weeks....

Well, there was no well involved. At all.

I was, in fact, sick for the better part of a month, with whatever horrid thing is going around, with only enough energy to drag myself to work, then fall into a puddle of fatigue at night. And frankly, facing my keyboard after a long day at work to post a blog here just wasn't happening.

Have you had this mysterious kick-in-the-*ss this year? Was it H1N1? Was it the flu? Was it just some virus with ulterior motives?

Anyway, moving on.
I thought I should show you something that made me smile this month.

There was this.

This little boy always makes me smile. He's looking out the window at the doggies, who fascinate him. Oh, the concentration!

Then, there was this belly laugh...

Oh, dear...
And will someone please explain to me why those little creases in their arms are so delicious?

Some things just defy explanation.

Like this picture.

Hmmm.

Give up? Okay, it's my cat, Maisy, rolling in the hammock of our shade-cloth covered patio. She likes to run up there and show off when we're in the back yard with her. She's very excited to have company and likes for us to poke her and play with her through the cloth. She's a cutie.

Here's Maisy with a paw outstretched in invitation.

Wouldn't it be nice if all you had to worry about was a good play date on the patio cover? What I love about pets is that they're just that simple. Like babies. In the moment.

That seems to be a concept that eludes me. But, as I roll through this thunderstorm of change in my life, I am working hard to keep it in mind.

Oh Barbara, so sorry to hear of your yucky illness. Boy, you were sick! Big fella had something like that at Christmas to the point I was getting quite worried about him. You know the typical man, instead of going to the doctors he wanted to lie in bed with a loud bell for me to run to. But he was very sick and took him a good while to get over it. I am glad you are feel better and your pictures made me smile! ((hugs))

Hi hon....I'm so glad you have finally kicked that nasty bug too...seems it floated my way sigh.He is the cutest sweetie pie...I just wanna hug him. The belly laugh picture just slays me...tooooo cute! Love it! Lucky Grandma you!!I love that cat pictures..she is so sweet...were we on the phone when you were taking those! Glad to see you here hon..breathe! Am thinking of you! Love ya, Sarah

Barbara -- no problem! I knew it would be awhile before I could tell you about the BB award because you're not posting as often now that you're working full time. And that's perfectly fine! Time is flexible in the blogosphere!

About Me

Hi! I'm a married mom/writer living in Southern California. I write romance novels and screenplays and I've taught novel writing for over ten years. So I thought I'd blog about what's really up with the writing life from someone who's been there, done that. Welcome to my crazy life.

From Sweet Sarah

Thank you, Sarah!

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